toxicant

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Skinner and his colleagues also conducted epigenetic analysis of each generation of the animals, finding that the toxicant exposures shifted their entire epigenetics dramatically.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

The study provides evidence that multiple toxicant exposures of past human generations likely had a compounded impact on grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

More than 200 parents, teachers and students filed a series of lawsuits against Monsanto, the chemical manufacturer of PCBs, for exposure to the toxicant at Sky Valley.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022

“They may not have been a toxicant at low levels,” Rue says, but “we could be crossing a threshold.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2021

"A toxicant is not a silver bullet," he adds.

From Salon • May 23, 2021